OPERATING REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2022
Once again, the Lord who has the power over grace has shown His grace to us here in Tamale Institute of Biblical Studies in the month of February 2022. We acknowledge that not all mankind has had these special blessings of peace, unity, mercy and all the providential things we enjoy as His people here in Bear Valley, Tamale. We glorify His name unconditionally. Many activities have also taken place in the month of February that we need to report to you.
ACADEMIC WORK
The month of February was effectively utilized for academic activities. Students were on campus and a series of courses were taught through almost the whole month. Between the first and the 25th of February, all attention was on full academic activities. Courses taught were: Pastoral Epistles by James Legend, Denominational Doctrine by Daniel Adjei Mensah, 1&2 Peter by Thomas Donzie and Research and Writing by James Legend respectively.
KPALSI SOUTH CONGREGATION
The church out of its giving has made burglar proofs for the windows of the chapel which we are working on. We have also arranged to have a mason in the month of March to come fix the burglar proofs and work on the inside ground floor plastering work.
We are hoping to start worshipping in the chapel while we work on it in the month of April. Our major challenge now is the doors and the outside plastering work. We pray and hope the Lord makes a way for us to get this also done. For the inside plastering and the windows and the other finishing work, we can take our time and do them. The doors have become one of the big challenges because, almost every night, we must go chase people away from smoking inside the chapel. We are hopeful the Lord will see us through.
IRRIGATION
The aim of the great support Healing Hands International has given us in the area of water can’t be forgotten. Indeed, the water has benefitted the school greatly and given us a double assurance in the area of water supply. It has also served the community very well. We believe it’s a tool of showing Christ to the people. One of the roles of this water also is to serve us in the area of irrigation. Because of the weather condition in Northern Ghana in the dry season as reported in earlier reports, it has made it difficult for us to do irrigation in the past two years since this well was drilled for us and its subsequent being mechanized.
We have been looking for ways to make this irrigation work become a reality to help cut down some of the expenses of feeding the students. In January of this year, we gave it a hard try in a small way, and it seems to be working successfully. Currently, though not much, we are harvesting some okro, Ayooyo (local vegetables) and cucumbers. We have sowed some maize and watermelons that are doing very well. We are therefore confident now and are trying to seek help to set up a good irrigation system.
PERSONALITY PROFILE
Brother Snell Kwasi Owusu Odame is the man we profiled for the month of February 2022. Odame is one of the grown and matured students of the 2021/22 batch of students. Owusu Odame was born on the 4th of July 1976 in Accra, Maprobi in Dansoman area. Mr. Odame is married to sister Evelyn Owusu Odame with four children.
Brother Owusu Odame did his basic education in Accra, Dansoman at St. Anthony Basic school. He proceeded to do his secondary education in the Central Region at Fijai secondary school. He continued from there to the Takoradi Technical Institute where he studied electrical installation and came out with an intermediate certificate. He also did his tertiary education at the Takoradi Poly where he graduated with Electrical Engineering Technician 1 and 2. He proceeded with the Technician 1 & 2 certificates to work a bit and came back to the same institution to complete the Technician 3 certificate.
Brother Odame has some great working experiences. He has worked with the West Africa Woods Industry as an administrator between the years 2002 and 2005. He has also worked with a multimedia group, specifically, Love FM in Kumasi between 2005 and 2007. He also worked with the Electricity Company of Ghana in the period of 2008 to 2018.
Mr. Odame was baptized into the church in the year 2000 by one brother Kingsley Edu in Kumasi, precisely, the Bomso Church.
He is currently offering the Diploma Course with the Bear Valley Tamale campus, hoping to work fully for the Lord.
Glory be to our God. Amen.
Bear Valley, Tamale.